Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. But its doing fine in Kishimoto's hand if recent chapters are any indication.

NARUHINA ND SASUSAKU ARE SO HAPPENING. GET READY!

Omg I know its late but did you guys see the way Naruto just held Hinata's hand to his face like he's revelling in the feeling in episode 364(i think). Like he wanted to just hold it there. Oh my god my inner fangirl is like having a freaking heart-attack just thinking about it.

And of course the amazing sasusaku moment we had recently. It..I cant... I just cant. I have no words. So before I get weird lets to go to the story

Chapter 1:We are a couple? Since when?

Naruto was uber tired by the time his training session with the new and improved team seven had ended. After the war had finally ended, everything went back to the way it was. After nearly three years, the village was almost as good as new. Almost being the key work here. It hasn't fully been rebuilt yet because Madara had done a shit load of damage to his beloved home. But they are slowly working on getting it back to normal and everyone was doing their bit to help out.

Finally arriving at his favourite destination, which is Ichiraku's by the way, he lifted the curtain up. It was a much bigger restaurant now. The owner had taken the opportunity to improve it a little bit. Along with the stools like the old restaurant, to the side of the restaurant there were tables and chairs as well allowing for big groups to have a meal. But Naruto still liked to sit on the stools; which is where he found Hinata sitting, possibly(most likely) waiting for her ramen cup.

"Hey Hinata!" he greeted her with a big smile, sitting down on the stool beside her. She visibly flinched and Naruto guessed that was because of the volume of his voice. A lot of people said he was loud but he disagreed. His hypotheses was that everyone else was just too quiet.

"N, Naruto-kun, how are you?" she asked timidly as he ordered a pork ramen bowl. To his great relief, Hinata has almost completely lost her stutter now. Again… almost being the key word. His relationship with the girl has greatly improved since the war as well. If it weren't for her, he would still be wallowing in self-pity while Madara took over the world. He was very grateful for that, as should everyone be.

But it had been a long time since the war. They were sixteen years old then, now they were nineteen. They were older and wiser. When she confessed to him, she was young and he believed both of them have put that behind them as a big mistake. And he believed she truly regretted it.

He may have saved the village, but he is still the jinchuriki. He has friends, people who loved him but he didn't believe anyone would love him enough to want to spend their life with him. He had accepted that fact as it is.

"I'm fine, you? Come back from a mission?" he asked her as their ramen arrived at the same time. Naruto's mouth instantly watered as his life's source arrived.

"I'm fine too. Yes I...my team...ju...just arrived." she said blowing on her noodles to cool it just as he was.

"And they sent you alone?" he asked as he stuffed his chop sticks in his mouth as the taste of his favourite food invaded his taste buds.

"I was heading home, but I craved ramen for some reason." she admitted with a tint of pink on her cheeks. She looked rather cute like that too, with the blush and all. The blush was a permanent thing on her face to him as they grew up, but he rarely got to see it adorning her face now. He guessed it had something to do with her not having feelings for him anymore. But that thought always made him feel a little lonely, so he concluded it was because she has come out of her shell and isn't as shy as she used to be.

"Hey me too. I craved ramen for some reason too." he said as he turned his stuffed mouth towards her. She smiled at him warmly, probably because he always craved ramen and she knew it. I mean who didn't?

"I had a feeling you would" she said laughing softly as she reached for a napkin to her right. To his utter surprise, she reached her hand with the napkin towards his face and wiped the corner of his mouth with it. He stopped all movements. His chewing, blinking, breathing, everything and stared at her, surprised. She must have noticed the sudden tense atmosphere because she pulled her hand away quickly and her smile faded before the red returned to her face in a higher shade. "I...I'm sorry...I..." she stuttered making him smile for reasons he didn't even know. She immediately went back to eating after wards with her head down avoiding his eyes at all costs, but her ears still remained red.

To someone else, that would have been something gross. Something disgusting and very Naruto-like as people often referred. Yet she hadn't found it gross at all. In fact, she had just...smiled. It was things like this that made him wish he had fallen in love with her when they were younger. But he cannot change the past...and his future is set out for him.

This continued for over a month. They always had ramen together before going home for the day. If one of them had a mission, neither ever forgot to leave a note with Ichiraku owner or Ayame to let the other know that they will not be coming. Until the other got back, they will have ramen alone. But they both soon noticed that ramen did not taste the same in those days as they sat alone on their usual stools wishing the other was here with them. So when they saw the other the next time, neither could help the automatic smiles that appeared on their faces.

It was not however, on one of those days that Naruto waited on his favourite stool for his lunch partner without ordering even one bowl of ramen because she had not left a note for him, so he knew she would show up. But she was exceptionally late today. Naruto knew Hinata to be a punctual girl because before, she had been waiting for him at the ramen bar almost every time. So he waited as he tapped his fingers on the table in a rhythmic manner.

He was surprised however to find himself thinking about not ramen but his mid night haired companion and why she is late.

'Had she been called to an emergency mission?' that would explain why she hadn't left a note.

'If so...then was it dangerous? Will she be alright? Will she return soon?' such thoughts plagued his mind as he continued to wonder if he should demand answers from Tsunade-baa-chan.

That's when his two teammates interrupted his disturbing train of thought.

"Wow! Not even one bowl. Something must really be wrong." Naruto heard Sakura's soft voice from behind him. He turned in his seat to face one Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha. Her gentle smile and the dastardly smirk of the Uchiha behind her made him register what she had said.

"Hey! I eat a perfectly healthy amount of bowls. Don't make it sound like I'm carelessly eating away." he said closing his cerulean eyes and nodding his head with his hands crossed in front of his chest. 'That'll tell her! She's always saying I eat too much ramen. How can one even eat too much ramen? Its unheard of.'

"And how many bowl is a healthy amount oh the great ramen king?" Sakura asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Ten." he said without a moments beat.

"That's not a healthy amount dobe." came the bored voice of his so called best friend. Really, why was he friends with this asshole again?

"Hey, you got something to say? Say it to my face bastard. Without hiding behind your girlfriend." Naruto shouted standing up from his chair and pointing an accusing finger at the Uchiha.

"I DID say it to you face moron." Sasuke muttered with a bored sigh.

"Settle down boys or I swear to god you will regret ever having met me." Sakura growled halting Naruto in his steps towards the Uchiha.

"I already regret it." Sasuke muttered under his breath but Naruto heard it and that meant Sakura sure as hell did too. Sounds like the bastard's going to be in the dog house today. That punishment is oddly satisfying to Naruto's ears.

"You..." Sakura began pointing a finger at Sasuke as her face became pink with anger, "...are going to regret that later." she finished, then turned around to point a finger at Naruto "you, why the long face?" she asked much to Naruto's relief because, boy can Sakura-chan punch?

"Looks like his girlfriend stood him up."Sasuke said with a smirk and if Sakura wasn't here Naruto would teach a good lesson to him. But lucky for the bastard she was. He better be grateful and pray to Kami Naruto doesn't find him alone.

"She didn't stand me up." Naruto protested loudly at Sasuke but then immediately realized what he had said as one of Sasuke's dark eyebrows rose up in amusement. "...and Hinata's not my girlfriend." he shouted again in an attempt to correct his mistake.

"Come on Naruto, you can tell us. The whole village already knows anyway." Sakura said with a knowing smile.

Naruto's attention turned from Sasuke's smug face to Sakura's smiling one. "What are you talking about Sakura-chan?" he asked, his voice finally reaching normal human levels.

"Don't play dumb with me Naruto Uzumaki. Everyone knows you've been on dates with Hinata-chan. I thought at least you'd tell ME about it Naruto if not Sasuke." Sakura said with a sly smile that Naruto could not understand.

"Sakura-chan...I'm not...dating Hinata." he said trying to figure out from what means she came to that absurd conclusion.

"Haven't you been having lunch with her for like a month now dobe?" Sasuke finally decided to raise his voice in the matter because it wasn't going anywhere in the hands of his best friends and girlfriend.

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean we are dating."Naruto replied as if it was the most obvious thing, which it was to him.

"I thought you liked Hinata, Naruto." Sakura said her voice going from excitement to confusion in a matter of milliseconds.

"Uh...yeah, but..." he trailed off.

"Then it looks like you've been dating her without even knowing, you idiot." was Sakura's response to his unfinished sentence.

"Tip from dating 101 Sakura-chan, a date requires two people who like each other. Just me liking Hinata doesn't make us a couple." he finished as reality hit him hard and cold with the truth.

It had taken Naruto quiet a while to figure out he had romantic feelings for Hinata. He had finally concluded it on one sleepless night as he lay awake because every time he closed his cerulean eyes, all he saw was her creme coloured eyes and shy smile. So he lay awake that night, only closing his eyes to blink because fate was cruel and it wasn't meant to be and he knew better than to dream of things that could not be reached.

It had been a couple of days since that night. But his desire to see her and be with her had not stopped because he barely slept at night. If anything, it had grown more intense...more painful.

"Naruto..." he was brought out of his thoughts by Sakura's tired sounding voice. "Please tell me..."but she was cut off by Sasuke of all people as he held up a hand to stop her.

"No, let me do this." came Sasuke's voice. Naruto was surprised because Sasuke Uchiha just offered to do something. And if Naruto knew one thing about Sasuke, it was that he NEVER OFFERED to do something. EVER. NEVER. Unless it had something to do with inflicting pain on Naruto.

And the next thing he knew was the blinding pain at the top of his head. Naruto's hands went up to cover the already bumpy area with a scowl on his whiskered face.

"Ow! What the hell man!?" Naruto exclaimed shutting his eyes to get rid of the stars behind his eyes.

"She likes you, you dumb, dumb moron. Although I fail to see her reasoning." Sasuke finished with exasperation.

Naruto's eyes shot open sand he stared at Sasuke through the pain and the stars that hadn't had enough time to disappear.

"No she doesn't. She doesn't like me anymore." Naruto protested again in an attempt to get rid of the little ray of hope that unwillingly rose inside him.

"Did she tell you that?" Sakura asked bewildered because she knew for a fact how much Hinata was in love with her teammate who was doing an amazing job in proving how much of an idiot he really is. It had been only too obvious while they defended the village from Pain and Madara.

"No..."Naruto said straightening up and looking dejected.

"Hinata's been in love with you for years." Sakura said softly with a smile on her face.

"That can't be true, because...because its impossible" he tried to reason. Was what they are saying true? Has she truly not stopped loving him even after he had never given her an answer to her confession? Does she still love him? Those were questions that repeated over and over in Naruto's mind. Question he needed answers to and answers he was afraid of.

He was so lost in thought that he had failed to notice the mid night hair that floated into the ramen shop.

"Sorry Naruto-kun. My father wanted to..."Hinata halted mid sentence as she panted to see Naruto staring at her without the happy grin he always had plastered on his face.

"Well...see you guys later...have fun on your date." Sakura said with a mischievous smile as she waved goodbye and left the shop with Sasuke closely behind her.

Hinata's eyes widened at that and her cheeks went back to it pink hue. That's when Naruto decided it wasn't worth it. The answers to his troubling questions weren't important if it meant they couldn't have ramen together everyday. If he couldn't see her everyday. If they were going to feel awkward everyday, if they could not even be friends afterwards.

He was the host to one of the most dangerous demon. No matter how many times he saved the village or how in control he was of the demon, it is something that another could not live all of their life with. It had been nearly twenty years and he had only just begun to accept him for who he is. It is unreasonable to expect another human being to accept him for who he is. With that, Naruto came to a decision, one he thought he should be familiar with yet hurt all the more none-the-less.

Naruto chuckled lightly plastering on his grin into place. "Sorry about that Hinata. They were just teasing." he said scratching the back of his head to take his kind off the pain he felt in every limb of his body.

"Naruto-kun..." she began worriedly because his usually tanned face had lost all its colour.

"Its okay Hinata. I'm sorry the village thinks you are dating me. I'll...I'll make sure the whole village knows its not true by the end of the day. Believe it!" he said as the grin faded to be replaced by a sad smile and a completely defeated look in his cerulean eyes.

Hinata was so very confused. But more than that she couldn't stand to see the look in his face. And what he was saying made no sense. 'The whole village thinks we are dating?' she thought as her heart skipped a beat at the implication. She hadn't thought they were dating because she knew Naruto did not like her that way. So her feelings had remained unknown to him though they never wavered.

"I'll make sure every single person knows you are not my girlfriend. You...you don't have to feel ashamed after that." he finished quietly and before she could even register what he had said, he was out of the restaurant and walking away from her.

Why was he saying thing like that? She was never ashamed to have been seen with him. Never, not for one single moment had she felt that way. Whether he knew it or not, he was hurting her with his words. And he has never hurt her before. It was a pain she could not bare. A pain greater than unrequited love. She did not think there was any pain greater than unrequited love.

It took her only a moment to run out the shop and chase him because he had to know that her greatest happiness came from being with him. She had to let him know that.

Naruto walked aimlessly through the streets as the pain in his chest continued to grow. He was all too familiar with the feeling. He had felt it before in his genin days. He had felt it on that day Sasuke woke up and Naruto realized the extent to which Sakura loved him. It had increased as he saw Sasuke's face and realized that he wasn't the only one who was fond of Sakura-chan. The pain was too much for a twelve year old to handle and he had left the hospital room just like he had left Iichiraku now, leaving Hinata behind.

'I wonder if anyone asked her about us? I wonder what she felt? Did it hurt her this much when I didn't talk to her after she confessed to me? Did I lose my one chance for happiness back then? Will I get another chance to...' he was halted from his depressing train of thoughts as he heard her voice calling out to him. At first he thought he was hearing things because the pain was too unbearable, but then he heard it again.

"Naruto." he turned around at the sound, to the image of her panting barely ten feet away from him. Her cheeks were slightly pink from running, her face glistened under the sun as sweat dripped down her neck and her blue hair blew in the wind making a few strands dance in front of her porcelain face.

Naruto didn't know what to say and he couldn't even imagine what she wanted to say to him. So he stared at her creme coloured eyes as she stared at him with such determination that he had never seen in her before.

He continued to stare at her with confusion filled eyes as she walked towards him to stand in front of him. He never before realized how short she was compared to him. The top of her head only reached his chin and for a brief weak moment he thought how perfectly they would fit in each others arms.

"You know I...I never believed it when people called you an idiot. But...you truly are an idiot Naruto-kun." her soft voice reached his ears and he blinked once,twice three times only to end up cocking his head to the side in confusion.

Hinata had no idea where she got the courage to say something like that to Naruto. But her only goal right now was to let him know how important she was to him. She could feel embarrassed about it and hit herself over the head with a stick later.

"I have never been ashamed to be seen with you Naruto-kun. I...I want to be by your side for longer if possible." she began with certainty in her voice. "don't ever think that again. It hurts me when you think you are not worthy of love Naruto. I understand...if...you don't like me...that way. But you need to know that the whole village looks at you differently now. The whole village takes pride in saying Naruto Uzumaki lives here. The whole village loves you Naruto and I...I love you." she finished quietly. She had never spoken so many words at one time. But she pushed that thought away to focus on his beautiful eyes so he knows she meant every single word. But as time passed with him only staring wide eyed at her, she found his gaze hard to hold on to. Everything she had just voiced quiet loudly in a desperate attempt to make him understand his importance to her, repeated in her head and all she wanted to do was crawl up in a hole and die. If Kami-sama for once listened to her, she hoped that would happen. But it didn't, so she shifted her gaze down to stare at Naruto's chest as she felt her whole face heat up.

Naruto hadn't said anything for a long time, so Hinata decided to make a run for it and never look back. Maybe she could move to Suna for a while. She took a step back but was surprised when she was stopped by Naruto's strong hold on her wrist. Her eyes shot up towards his as he held her wrist. His eyes held so many emotions that Hinata could not even begin to explain. All she could do was stare at him with wide open eyes.

"Sorry." she heard him say as she tried to control her rapidly beating heart. But as soon as the words left his mouth, her fragile heart gave a painful squeeze that made her want to crumple to the ground. She attempted to ready herself for rejection because rejection was something she did not bother to think about as she gave her little speech. But rejection had been something she had been constantly afraid of. Before she could pull her wrist from his hold to save her self the pain, he had begun to speak again, "for...not saying anything...after pain attacked." he finished in a small voice that it took her a moment to register what he had actually said.

It was so strange for Naruto. This intense feeling he has in his chest, in his hands, fingers, skin, throat, everywhere. It felt like he wanted to say so many things, yet he could not find the voice to. It felt like his body was on fire yet he still had goosebumps forming on the back of his neck. It felt like his fingers were itching to touch her creme skin but he could not move his hand. He felt like he wanted to smile and upon testing the water, he realized that's the only thing he can do at the moment, so he did.

Naruto broke into one of his less famous smiles. His grin was common, but a true smile from Naruto is something not many have seen. She thought he was even more handsome, something she did not believe was possible. So before she could even think of it, her thin lips broke into a beautiful shy smile as well. His smile, just as his happiness she found, is contagious. Looking at him you couldn't help but smile back at him.

"Hinata...lets go on a date." He said as his hand moved from her wrist to intertwine his calloused fingers with her slender fingers. "and this time I promise we'll both know its a date. And it won't be Ichiraku." he said as his smile transformed into a full grin.

"Yes" she agreed, but was confused and frankly surprised that he knew other places to eat existed in Konoha.

Hinata suddenly remembered something and was shocked it wasn't him who remembered it first. "Since we missed our lunch today, we'll eat there now" she suggested remembering their cancelled lunch from a while ago.

"You know me so well." he said with a chuckle as he pulled her in the direction of Ichiraku's. "Then our second date will be our official first date." he said as the newly formed lovers headed towards what Naruto pretty much considered his second home and what Hinata considered the place where their relationship finally developed.

I'm not fully satisfied with this but i had to do a Naruhina coz I had to get it out of my system because I couldn't stop thinking about it.

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Also there will be another chapter because this is a two shot. It would be their date.

And OH MY GOD THEY ARE SO CANON!

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